New Zealand sand diver

New Zealand sand diver
New Zealand sand diver
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Creediidae
Genus: Tewara
Species: T. cranwellae
Binomial name
Tewara cranwellae
Griffin, 1933

The New Zealand sand diver, Tewara cranwellae, is a sandburrower, the only species in the genus Tewara, found all around New Zealand to depths of about 5 m, on sandy or gravelly bottoms. Its length is between 3 and 8 cm.

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